Cyclone Hayley expected to impact north WA as Category 2 system

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Residents in Western Australia's far-north are being told to prepare for tropical cyclone Hayley. The category one system is currently sitting off the Kimberley Coast.

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00:00residents in western australia's far north are being told to prepare for tropical cyclone haley

00:08the category one system is currently sitting off the kimberley coast

00:12reporter essie deaves joins us now from broom essie how's it tracking

00:18yeah good afternoon tropical cyclone haley is currently about 465 kilometers northwest

00:24off the kimberley coast so i'm in broome it is forecast to cross as a category two system

00:30tomorrow night about 200 kilometers away at cape levique now the weather bureau says while it is

00:37expected to make impact as a category two it is possible that it will weaken as it moves closer

00:43to shore now in terms of winds 85 kilometers an hour at the center the dampier peninsula can expect

00:51wind gusts of 120 even 140 kilometer an hour winds there and to expect some heavy rain and possible

00:58flash flooding for that warning area broomed kuri bay also including derby what are residents doing

01:06along the dampier peninsula where tropical cyclone haley is expected to cross

01:12yes so we've spoken to one of the community ceos nathan mckiver from juddagen aboriginal

01:17corporation about 200 kilometers north of broome and there's about 400 people that live in that

01:24community he's told one of our reporters that they're currently doing rubbish runs they've got

01:29plenty of water and food in stock but he's also asking people to make sure that they are prepared

01:36he's told us that the mood there is pretty much business as usual they are very prepared for tropical

01:41cyclones given that we are in the tropical north but they do expect things to become a little bit

01:46more hectic but they do say they are prepared for tropical cyclone hayley scds reporting from broome thank you

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